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Sunday, June 26, 2016

Tom Abate, Associate Director of Communications, School of Engineering - External Relations inform, "Experts from Stanford and elsewhere talked about the future of artificial intelligence in society as part of the Global Entrepreneurship Summit."

Professor Russ Altman, left, and Professor Emeritus Yoav Shoham are
members of a study group that will take a very long-term look at
artificial intelligence. The two scientists were among the participants
in a event looking at artificial intelligence’s social benefits at
Stanford on Thursday.Photo: Krista Victoria Chew

As artificial intelligence emerges from science fiction to everyday
life, the power to shape and direct this world-changing technology
remains within society’s reach.That overarching theme animated a crowd of more than 300 people at a
Stanford event Thursday evening. The discussion was titled, “The Future
of Artificial Intelligence: Emerging Topics and Societal Benefit.”The four-hour-long discussion featured 15 speakers from government and academia, and was one of many tech-orients events being held on the Stanford campus this week as part of a Global Entrepreneurship Summit, hosted by the United States government. The summit includes a scheduled Friday morning appearance by President Barack Obama.

Photo: Fei-Fei Li

Photo: Russ Altman

The Future of AI
panel was co-chaired by Stanford faculty members Russ Altman, a
professor of bioengineering and medicine, and Fei-Fei Li, an associate
professor of computer science.

Altman opened the event on a lofty note, citing the value that AI
would have in his fields of medicine and biological discovery, then
became playful in welcoming keynote government speaker Megan Smith, the
United States Chief Technology Officer in the White House Office of
Science and Technology Policy.

“Is that not the coolest job title ever?” Altman quipped.

Smith touched on how government is using artificial intelligence,
machine learning and similar techniques in tasks ranging from planning
space missions to forecasting job growth. But given the potential
effects of these technologies on culture and the economy, she said
government’s larger challenge is to bring “humanity’s greatest talent”
to bear on the development and direction of AI by throwing open the
discussion.

“How are we going to make sure we are bringing everyone into this
conversation?” Smith asked, previewing an initiative that the White
House is expected to formally announce Monday that will offer literally
anyone a way to register an opinion or view on this emerging technology.

Li, who followed Smith to the podium, also hit on the theme that AI’s
direction would depend on who stands up to computer science. “Will AI
become the force of destruction or the hope we have for tomorrow?” she
asked rhetorically, saying the answer would depend in part on broadening
gender diversity in computer science. “The future of AI is in the hands
of those who make AI,” she said.Read more...

At the Global Entrepreneurship Summit on campus Friday, President Barack Obama discussed how to empower people around the world to foster the kind of innovation characteristic of places like Stanford and the Silicon Valley.

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